#B156E9#B156E9

#B156E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.219 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B156E9
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 60.99, -59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 85.20, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1411 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.219 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1644, 21.8866, 79.3944)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B156E9 #8EE956

analogous

#6856E9 #B156E9 #E956D7

triadic

#B156E9 #E9B156 #56E9B1

tetradic

#B156E9 #E96856 #8EE956 #56D7E9

square

#B156E9 #E96856 #8EE956 #56D7E9

split-complementary

#B156E9 #D7E956 #56E968

monochromatic

#7417AE #9820E2 #B156E9 #CA8CF0 #E3C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B156E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B156E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B156E9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B156E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B156E9	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b156e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.219 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bf1',
    500: '#b156e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b156e9;
$custom-light: #cc8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b156e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62907,
    "c": 0.21922,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B156E9

secondary

#C7E8B3

accent

#D90C5A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B156E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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